Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas, and has led workshops for teachers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Greece, and Argentina. For most of her teaching career she was involved with long-stay students on Cambridge examination courses, and engaged in the development of strategies to improve students' reading and writing skills.
She is now a freelance author, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning. Current writing projects include contributing to the Oxford Bookworms Library and Dominoes series, writing supplementary materials such as grammar workbooks, as well as being the Series Editor for the Oxford Bookworms Playscripts series.
THIS REVIEW IS NOT A SPOILER, don't worry! What I liked the most about this well-known story is Nick's observations through this story. Gatsby reminds me of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", really. He has lots of money, but the only 'thing' he desires above all is Daisy. What a true love..
Son 98 páginas y aún así se hace largo, pasan muchas cosas pero de verdad que aún así se hace largo y no llega a caerte bien en realidad ningún personaje. Es un libro muy extraño.
Osvrt: Očekivao sam puno više od ove knjige, s obzirom da sam pročitao da je ovo najbolji američki roman 20. stoljeća. Likovi su domišljato napisani, ali cijela priča i ljubavne afere mi nisu bile iznadprosječno zanimljive, zapravo mi se činilo kao da sam iste priče slušao već par puta. Kritika na američki san i poruka o tome kako se sreća ne krije u novcu mi se također činila izlizanom. Svidio mi se način na koji je dočarana atmosfera dvadesetih godina u New Yorku koji počinje sa svojim rastom. Možda bi mi se roman više svidio da sam izvorni engleski govornik, zbog vrlo cijenjene autorove proze, a možda i ne bi. Sve u svemu, očekivao sam puno više, što mi je na kraju i uništilo doživljaj. Možda će mi se mišljenje promjeniti kada u budućnosti opet pročitam knjigu.
I thought I was crazy, but then I read this book, and now I know love really does feel liked this sometimes. There is allure in chasing all the riches, only in hopes of that one person welcoming you home at the end of the day, after you prove them just how much more interesting you are than all the other sweet smiles who never cared for their heart like you did all this time.
La historia es bastante buena. El problema es que al ser una version reducida del libro, meten demasiados datos, nombres, historias, etc., en muy pocas páginas (sobre todo al principio) y hay en momentos en los que cuesta seguir el hilo. Igualmente el libro está muy bien y el inglés del libro se entiende de maravilla
3/5 me perdi varias veces pero esta bastante bueno, es drama que se yo, mientras que sea ajeno compro los personajes eran uno mas pelotudo que el otro y nick era mas plano que suela de zapato de obeso no compro fuera de eso es un clasico como cualquier otro plano e innecesariamente descriptivo